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Cordelia clenched her fists. If Wesley didn't be quiet she was definitely going to hit him. Or worse. How could he talk for so long? Did he have any idea the pain and humiliation he was putting her through?
"You're a wonderful person Cordelia...and I love you dearly, but lets just keep it at a friendship. At least for now." Wesley said, looking at her patiently.
Cordelia hated that look. It was so patronizing and rational. She would have preferred it if Wesley had just laughed in her face and told her it wasn't going to happen. She longed so much to tell him that no way would she ever touch him again with a ten-foot barge pole.
Oh God, he was STILL talking. She tried to look sorry and hurt, but she knew she was only looking murderous.
"I don't mean to hurt your feeling Cordy. And if I'm been to hard on you just let me no, but it's best we get these feelings out in the open and blah blah blah." Ok, so that last part didn't happen. But Wesley was been so annoying. Was he stupid? Maybe this was not the real Wesley at all, Cordelia thought. Maybe the REAL, smart Wesley had been eaten by lions and this was a clone that was really stupid and couldn't work out that she had been waiting for Angel, and not him.
But would lions really clone Wesley? No lions generally just ate people. They didn't care about covering up their kills.
Cordelia felt like hitting herself, now Wesley had got her thinking about lions. The idiot.
"Don't worry Cordelia, I'll have a word with Angel, I'm sure he won't tell anyone else about this erm.incident." He said, patting her knee. Then he quickly withdrew his hand. "And maybe you should take a few days off and wait for this lust to cool off." He added.
Cordelia felt the anger rising and suddenly she leaped up off the sofa with her face so contorted in frustration, Wesley froze in horror.
"WESLEY! ARE YOU BLIND? ARE YOU SO STUPID YOU HAVE FORGOTTON HOW TO THINK? WHAT HAS BEEN UP WITH YOU FOR THE PAST FEW WEEKS? ALL THE SECRET MEETINGS, THE LATE NIGHTS I'VE BEEN WORKING! I WAS NOT WAITING FOR YOU TONIGHT! I WAS WAITING FOR ANGEL GOD DAMMIT!" Cordelia screeched at the top her lungs. Then she sighed and sank back down in her chair in relief. In a more sane tone she continued.
"Wesley, I am not into you. I don't love you and I definitely do not want to have sex with you tonight." She said and looked at him. "I'm sorry you got the wrong idea."
Wesley didn't speak for a second. Then it all did make sense and he started to laugh. She laughed along with him, not sensing there was anything the matter with him yet.
The shock of seeing Cordelia at the door dressed so raunchily had scared the idea of sucking her soul away. But now the drama had subsided, the constant knowing in his stomach had returned and that voice was hissing in his mind again.
She was weak. She was relaxed. She had no reason to be afraid of him. Cordelia was the perfect victim.
*
Angel drove back to the Hyperion thinking about what had just happened. It didn't make sense at all. He was confused and concerned now for Wesley.
It wasn't often Wesley went home sick and then went out after all. In fact, Wesley never did things like that. It was totally out of character.
Angel sighed deeply, why would Wesley be going to see Cordelia at this time of night? Shouldn't he be trying to get in a good nights sleep to ensure he could return to work? And what had been with his behaviour that morning? He hadn't witnessed it, but from what Fred and Gunn had described, it wasn't normal.
Angel pulled over and then slammed the car door shut and ran slowly over to the entrance of the Hyperion.
"Angel? I don't care anymore! I'm really worried about Wesley! He's been acting so peculiar-"
"Fred I know, and I agree. I just saw him now, he went to see Cordelia just now."
"What were you doing at Cordelia's?" Fred asked.
"Nothing!" Angel said defensively. "She forgot her purse."
"You mean this purse?" Gunn asked, waving it at him. Angel's throat went dry.
"Yes..that would be the purse she forgot..I must have forgotten it too." Angel said and racked his brain for something to say. But Gunn and Fred simply exchanged smiles and then ignored him.
"As soon as Cordelia gets in tomorrow, we'll ask her what happened. She'll be able to shed some light onto the situation." Gunn said and Fred nodded in agreement.
"You know.I might as well go over there now. Give her back the purse. She might need it." Angel said. He eyes them carefully.
Gunn shrugged and Fred smiled.
"Sure. I mean, she won't be able to manage a night with out it. It's a vital part of her life." Fred said, hiding a smirk.
Angel nodded energetically.
"That's exactly right Fred!" He said enthusiastically. With that, he grabbed the purse and ran out to the car, hoping Wesley had left by now.
"He is so stupid." Gunn snorted. Fred giggled.
"They are so obvious!"
"I can't believe they are keeping this from us you know! I think I'm going to enjoy making Cordelia and Angel squirm!"
*
"Wesley? Are you ok? You're looking at me all weird." Cordelia said, waving a hand in front of Wesley's dreamy face.
"What?" Wesley said, snapping out of the trance and focusing on her.
"I said are you ok?"
"Me? Well yes! Of course, why wouldn't I be?"
"No reason.you just seem weird tonight. Why did you come round here tonight anyway?" Cordelia questioned.
Wesley swallowed and imagined telling her the truth. Deep down he knew she wouldn't reject him. She'd find a way to help him, she would make sure he didn't die. SO why couldn't he tell her?
It was that voice, that grating voice of the soul snatcher. It was like a part of him now, and no matter how much he wanted to tell Cordelia, he couldn't because a tiny part of him wanted to destroy her, wanted to suck out her soul and leave her.
Wesley couldn't bring himself to drain her soul, but neither could he bring himself to tell her about the soul snatcher.
It wouldn't be long before he struck again.
***Shorter than usual. Still crappy. Not much going on AGAIN. Next chapter I will leave Wesley alone, he won't even be mentioned and I can concentrate on getting Cordy and Angel in and out of embarrassing situations. Yay! That's what you all wanted secretly! SO keep reading, and hey, why not review????***
Cordelia clenched her fists. If Wesley didn't be quiet she was definitely going to hit him. Or worse. How could he talk for so long? Did he have any idea the pain and humiliation he was putting her through?
"You're a wonderful person Cordelia...and I love you dearly, but lets just keep it at a friendship. At least for now." Wesley said, looking at her patiently.
Cordelia hated that look. It was so patronizing and rational. She would have preferred it if Wesley had just laughed in her face and told her it wasn't going to happen. She longed so much to tell him that no way would she ever touch him again with a ten-foot barge pole.
Oh God, he was STILL talking. She tried to look sorry and hurt, but she knew she was only looking murderous.
"I don't mean to hurt your feeling Cordy. And if I'm been to hard on you just let me no, but it's best we get these feelings out in the open and blah blah blah." Ok, so that last part didn't happen. But Wesley was been so annoying. Was he stupid? Maybe this was not the real Wesley at all, Cordelia thought. Maybe the REAL, smart Wesley had been eaten by lions and this was a clone that was really stupid and couldn't work out that she had been waiting for Angel, and not him.
But would lions really clone Wesley? No lions generally just ate people. They didn't care about covering up their kills.
Cordelia felt like hitting herself, now Wesley had got her thinking about lions. The idiot.
"Don't worry Cordelia, I'll have a word with Angel, I'm sure he won't tell anyone else about this erm.incident." He said, patting her knee. Then he quickly withdrew his hand. "And maybe you should take a few days off and wait for this lust to cool off." He added.
Cordelia felt the anger rising and suddenly she leaped up off the sofa with her face so contorted in frustration, Wesley froze in horror.
"WESLEY! ARE YOU BLIND? ARE YOU SO STUPID YOU HAVE FORGOTTON HOW TO THINK? WHAT HAS BEEN UP WITH YOU FOR THE PAST FEW WEEKS? ALL THE SECRET MEETINGS, THE LATE NIGHTS I'VE BEEN WORKING! I WAS NOT WAITING FOR YOU TONIGHT! I WAS WAITING FOR ANGEL GOD DAMMIT!" Cordelia screeched at the top her lungs. Then she sighed and sank back down in her chair in relief. In a more sane tone she continued.
"Wesley, I am not into you. I don't love you and I definitely do not want to have sex with you tonight." She said and looked at him. "I'm sorry you got the wrong idea."
Wesley didn't speak for a second. Then it all did make sense and he started to laugh. She laughed along with him, not sensing there was anything the matter with him yet.
The shock of seeing Cordelia at the door dressed so raunchily had scared the idea of sucking her soul away. But now the drama had subsided, the constant knowing in his stomach had returned and that voice was hissing in his mind again.
She was weak. She was relaxed. She had no reason to be afraid of him. Cordelia was the perfect victim.
*
Angel drove back to the Hyperion thinking about what had just happened. It didn't make sense at all. He was confused and concerned now for Wesley.
It wasn't often Wesley went home sick and then went out after all. In fact, Wesley never did things like that. It was totally out of character.
Angel sighed deeply, why would Wesley be going to see Cordelia at this time of night? Shouldn't he be trying to get in a good nights sleep to ensure he could return to work? And what had been with his behaviour that morning? He hadn't witnessed it, but from what Fred and Gunn had described, it wasn't normal.
Angel pulled over and then slammed the car door shut and ran slowly over to the entrance of the Hyperion.
"Angel? I don't care anymore! I'm really worried about Wesley! He's been acting so peculiar-"
"Fred I know, and I agree. I just saw him now, he went to see Cordelia just now."
"What were you doing at Cordelia's?" Fred asked.
"Nothing!" Angel said defensively. "She forgot her purse."
"You mean this purse?" Gunn asked, waving it at him. Angel's throat went dry.
"Yes..that would be the purse she forgot..I must have forgotten it too." Angel said and racked his brain for something to say. But Gunn and Fred simply exchanged smiles and then ignored him.
"As soon as Cordelia gets in tomorrow, we'll ask her what happened. She'll be able to shed some light onto the situation." Gunn said and Fred nodded in agreement.
"You know.I might as well go over there now. Give her back the purse. She might need it." Angel said. He eyes them carefully.
Gunn shrugged and Fred smiled.
"Sure. I mean, she won't be able to manage a night with out it. It's a vital part of her life." Fred said, hiding a smirk.
Angel nodded energetically.
"That's exactly right Fred!" He said enthusiastically. With that, he grabbed the purse and ran out to the car, hoping Wesley had left by now.
"He is so stupid." Gunn snorted. Fred giggled.
"They are so obvious!"
"I can't believe they are keeping this from us you know! I think I'm going to enjoy making Cordelia and Angel squirm!"
*
"Wesley? Are you ok? You're looking at me all weird." Cordelia said, waving a hand in front of Wesley's dreamy face.
"What?" Wesley said, snapping out of the trance and focusing on her.
"I said are you ok?"
"Me? Well yes! Of course, why wouldn't I be?"
"No reason.you just seem weird tonight. Why did you come round here tonight anyway?" Cordelia questioned.
Wesley swallowed and imagined telling her the truth. Deep down he knew she wouldn't reject him. She'd find a way to help him, she would make sure he didn't die. SO why couldn't he tell her?
It was that voice, that grating voice of the soul snatcher. It was like a part of him now, and no matter how much he wanted to tell Cordelia, he couldn't because a tiny part of him wanted to destroy her, wanted to suck out her soul and leave her.
Wesley couldn't bring himself to drain her soul, but neither could he bring himself to tell her about the soul snatcher.
It wouldn't be long before he struck again.
***Shorter than usual. Still crappy. Not much going on AGAIN. Next chapter I will leave Wesley alone, he won't even be mentioned and I can concentrate on getting Cordy and Angel in and out of embarrassing situations. Yay! That's what you all wanted secretly! SO keep reading, and hey, why not review????***